There are many skills that can be learnt in higher education some help you to progress into a career but there are also life skills that can be learnt. University gives you more confidence and gives you the freedom to grow as a person. While I have been at uni I have met people and had experiences that I may never have had if I had gone straight to work. The diversity of the people you meet encourages you to open your mind to new cultures and ways of thinking. I have made friends at university that have genuinely changed the way I live my life and allowed me to become who I want to be.
When I chose to do game art at DMU I didn't choose it because I wanted to become a game artist, I chose it because I wanted to do a course that I knew I would enjoy. Seeing as art has always been my strength I had always intended to do a creative course, but I thought that if I chose a course that combined art and design with something I'm really interested in it would help to motivate me and actually enjoy the work that I'm doing.
University also gives you time to to identify goals that you want to achieve after leaving university that may not have been as easy to identify while under the pressure of school life. Looking to the future I've always imagined that I would work in a creative industry. I am not necessarily looking to become a game artist or even work in the games industry, but the skills I will learn on this course should hopefully allow me to become employable in many different areas of the creative industry.
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